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<blockquote data-quote="bran155" data-source="post: 167065"><p>I have had lots of experience with Concerta. My daughter was put on Concerta in the 2nd grade for ADHD, stayed on it, on and off until recently, she is now 17. It did help her with her focus and kept her a little calmer, her fuse was longer, however she was incredibly irritable and mean. She had no personality and the smallest thing would set her off. She liked this drug because it kept her nice and thin, but didnt like the fact that it took away her ability to be herself. We still fight about taking to this day, she wants to get back on it to lose weight. Not going to happen. She has so many different diagnosis's and at this point ADHD is not the priority, she does much better on a mood stabilizer. Concerta will effect everyone differently, in my experience, any stimulant we have ever tried has had an adverse affect. During the last few months of her taking it she became very paranoid and anxious, we took her off the Concerta and added an anti-depressant, Lexapro, her paranoia disappeared. Unfortunately it is trial and error in the medication maze and it never seems to end. </p><p></p><p>Just wanted to share my experience, like I said before everyone is different though. Hang in there and God bless <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bran155, post: 167065"] I have had lots of experience with Concerta. My daughter was put on Concerta in the 2nd grade for ADHD, stayed on it, on and off until recently, she is now 17. It did help her with her focus and kept her a little calmer, her fuse was longer, however she was incredibly irritable and mean. She had no personality and the smallest thing would set her off. She liked this drug because it kept her nice and thin, but didnt like the fact that it took away her ability to be herself. We still fight about taking to this day, she wants to get back on it to lose weight. Not going to happen. She has so many different diagnosis's and at this point ADHD is not the priority, she does much better on a mood stabilizer. Concerta will effect everyone differently, in my experience, any stimulant we have ever tried has had an adverse affect. During the last few months of her taking it she became very paranoid and anxious, we took her off the Concerta and added an anti-depressant, Lexapro, her paranoia disappeared. Unfortunately it is trial and error in the medication maze and it never seems to end. Just wanted to share my experience, like I said before everyone is different though. Hang in there and God bless :) [/QUOTE]
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